IRC log for #brlcad on 20140406

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04:41.11 brlcad hcurtis: no they do not
04:41.55 brlcad and while fixing spelling mistakes is good, that really won't give us ANY idea about your coding ability
04:43.57 brlcad starseeker: :) that's fantastic
04:45.18 brlcad I suspected that was going to be the issue, static initialization during library loading is a feature of C++ libs and is opaque to the linker
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04:46.29 brlcad it's basically what's going on with the step converter sources when it was an autotools build and they were turned into a noinst library ... needed some explicit call to force the library to load so the linker is aware of it when linking against C code
05:04.30 hcurtis Hi, Sean. Thank you for your feedback. My original plan was to work on a patch that involved more actual coding, but I opted to at least start on the spelling problem because it is a patch I KNOW I can have to you by tomorrow. I recall one of the mentors' saying that while underscoping is annoying, failing to deliver is unacceptable. That's why I thought in this particular time-pressured situation it would be wise to choose the spelli
05:05.16 hcurtis That said, what would you like me to do to demonstrate my coding ability? If you would like me to tackle a BRL-CAD problem that is more obviously coding, I will do it (at the risk of not succeeding).
05:12.24 hcurtis One idea is for me to send you some of the programs I have done for school, but my best guess is that they wouldn't interest you.
05:12.36 hcurtis brlcad: One idea is for me to send you some of the programs I have done for school, but my best guess is that they wouldn't interest you.
05:27.48 brlcad hcurtis: well, you can certainly start with spelling, but that should literally take you less than an hour ... but is not easy because we're actually pretty good at our spelling
05:28.21 brlcad that will at least shown if you're adept at searching code and creating a patch ... but if it ends up taking you all day, not a good sign :)
05:28.46 brlcad code you've written for school is not helpful
05:29.23 brlcad it's assumed you have at least basic coding skills, the question is how good you are at reading and modifying existing code written by others .. much much harder
05:30.41 brlcad the TODO file (especially the items near the beginning of that big file) are probably more suitable since those are real issues that are current interet
05:31.38 hcurtis brlcad: Ok
05:37.49 hcurtis brlcad: Thank you for your candor. At the same time, I'd like to point out the fact that someone can't get a 3.886 GPA in a programming curriculum (as I have) without being able to code at all. I appreciate what you and the other mentors have done for me, I would love to have this opportunity, and I am sincerely trying my best with the skills I do have.
05:39.27 hcurtis brlcad: And yes, you guys have turned out to be pretty good spellers :)
05:44.13 brlcad your best bet is to pick a random file and run a spell-checker on it, rinse and repeat a dozen times until you find a few and search the entire tree for those
05:45.05 brlcad like I said, no concerns whether you can code at all -- it's assumed you could write new code for the task you propose given unlimited time
05:45.58 brlcad working with an existing code base, strict code quality requirements, code formatting requirements, and just navigating a massive complex set of APIs can be completely different from what one encounters in an academic context
05:46.32 brlcad not impossible, just rare and quite different, especially when it comes to modifying code
05:47.18 brlcad good luck hunting and try to stay on irc more, discuss your progress even if nobody responds immediately (it is always read) ;)
05:47.24 brlcad enwanders
06:17.07 hcurtis brlcad: I have some information I'd like to share with you. I can write it here, but it's longish. Would you like me to just put it here anyway or should I e-mail it to you instead?
06:21.40 hcurtis brlcad: By the way, thanks again for the advice.
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08:43.29 infinite hello. One doubt I have. Which file is responsible for displaying output of any command back to command window
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19:57.35 ankesh11 Hi, I am working on the Benchmark Performance Website project, is it necessary to deploy the site using a Mediawiki extension? This puts several constraints on the development. I understand that the current brlcad site is deployed using mediawiki but redirecting a subdomain to a mediawiki independent setup should be trivial. I think we should continue using
19:57.35 ankesh11 an MVC framework such as Laravel for development. Any thoughts?
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20:11.38 drv_ Hi, I have next dumb question. I'm trying to get involved in GSoC. Now I decided to start with http://brlcad.org/wiki/Contributor_Quickies before I will try write any useful patch. And my question is: if I write for example rt_rhc_volume (it's not implemented yet) I will do a commit? And can you give me any hint how I should test this function before it? I'm sorry if this question is stupid but it's my first contact with large Open
20:11.38 drv_ Source program.
20:32.47 drv_ And I realized that It was written in 2012 Google Code-In ( http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7960224 ). But why I can't find it in rhc.c file?
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